EGAVE

maid

About 6.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
  2. noun An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)
  3. noun A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.
  4. verb To serve as lady's maid to, to wait upon.

Similar words

maidservant maiden amah housemaid damsel mademoiselle lady woman wife charwoman

Often followed by

of and to in who was had is with

Word family

maids

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